Life in Dreaming [Import]

Hidden in Plain View | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Drive Thru
• ASIN: B0007KTILA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,635,800 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Bleed for You

2. Ashes Ashes

3. A Minor Detail

4. The Point

5. Twenty Below

6. Garden Statement

7. The Innocent Ones

8. American Classic

9. In Memory

10. Top 5 Addictions

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Bleed for You

2. Sydney

3. Better Love

4. Decoration

5. Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn

6. D²

7. Cross My Heart

8. The Best Happiness Money Can Buy

9. Eastern Homes and Western Hearts

10. Tonight (The Process)

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good sissy punk, December 20, 2005

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Brain Drain (Everywhere, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life in Dreaming (Audio CD)

I saw these guys opening for Slick Shoes a few years ago, and I was completely blown away by their energy. They are still my most favorite live act. Anyways, I bought this CD, which turned out to not really sound anything like their live stuff. At first I wasn't too fond of the album, but the more I listened to it, the more it grew on me and now I play it regularly. I would say that it is similar to other sissy punk bands like NFG or MxPx, but HIPV seem to pay more attention to the artistic aspect of music. The vocals are meaningful and metaphoric; the music is layered and well thought-out. This isn't an aggressive skateboarding CD. It is more of a hanging-out-and-enjoying-the-moment CD. You won't find any of these songs on any Punk-O-Rama, but true to the Drive-Thru label, it is a melodic and well-produced work of art.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Missed Potential, October 23, 2005

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Matthew Berdan (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life in Dreaming (Audio CD)

I've been a huge fan of Drive Thru records for a number a long time, so I've known of Hidden In Plain View for quite some time. I saw them four years ago with New Found Glory and thought they were on the cusp of greatness, espicially with the way they left everything on the stage and played for nearly two hours. When I first purchased "Life In Dreaming" I was expecting an underground hit, something similar to My Chemical Romance's "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge" that would eventually find its way into mainstream music, however that never happened.

After the first couple times listening to the CD, I kept wanting more but had no idea why. There wasn't a single track that jumped out to me as unbelievable, yet I couldn't take it out of my CD player either. Eventually I started singing some of the songs in my head, a dead giveaway that a CD has begun to wear on you, and I sit here today still able to say that the CD is in constant rotation in my car a year later.

Don't get me wrong, this CD did not reach the potential that I thought it could, but there are signs that the band is close to making something of themselves. Anyone claiming they are similar to such acts as "Creed" or "Limp Bizkit" didn't listen to the CD and is just going on what others told them for the sound, instruments, producing, and lyrics have no similarities to either ninties rock acts. There are 11 tracks on the CD, 7 of which I will always listen to, 4 of which are "EXCELLENT" songs.

Track 1, "Bleed For You" should have been the first single for the band. It's fast paced, utilizes the strengths of the band which are hard guitars, one singer belting out harmonic pleads while the other screams over top. Plain and simple, an excellent track and worth downloading if not interested in the CD as a whole. Track 3, "A Minor Detail" might seem ordinary on the CD, but the band plays remarkebly well live, which is why I will give it a better grade then most. Again, fast paced with both singers used frequently. The best track on the CD, and actually one of the best rock tracks I have heard in quite some time, is track 5 "Twenty Below". This is really the first track where the band begins to let some of their emotions out, but what makes it special is the ability for the band to almost change sounds entirely on three different occasions on the track. The song starts slow, picks up in the middle, and then dies down completely to a heart wrenching end. Its a roller coaster of a song that anyone that has lost a loved one would not only understand, but appreciate. To me, the best of the track is the very end, after the belting vocals of "Feel like twenty below?" to go back to an acoustic set for the final "Just wait and you'll see you're everything I want...". It is an absolute perfect ending to a great track. The final song, "Halcyon Daze" is one of the weaker songs to most critics because of its slow pace and blandness. I won't dispute either case as there is nothing extraordinary at first listen. What one needs to do is listen to the words though and understand that its a story, not just a filler song. Put yourself in place of the Rob singing the song and I promise you'll appreciate the song.

I wish I could give this CD 5 stars, but even though some of the tracks are excellent, having four songs that I will always skip doesn't allow me to give the CD a perfect grade. The promise is still their for greatness, it just hasn't been reached yet.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Original?, March 18, 2005

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Xian Melgar (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life in Dreaming (Audio CD)

I'd have to disagree with anyone saying that this CD is a piece of crap. Yeah, it does sound alot like Taking Back Sunday but they are still a very good band and this is a really good CD. I don't get why many people say that everyone sounds like TBS when that is so not true. Hawthorne Heights, Armor for Sleep, Senses Fail, My Chemical Romance, and Underoath are all good bands that can fall into the whole punk/emo genre and they sound nothing like TBS. This and Matchbook Romance are the only bands I know that sound like TBS. I like TBS for their music so if your gonna say that a band sounds like them don't expect me to be like "thats not original, they suck" , but definetly expect me to check them out.